from Statista.com
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Progress in fighting world hunger has been wiped out by extreme weather events.
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Last year, around 821 million people worldwide were classified as malnourished by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. That’s one out every nine people on earth.
2017 was the third year in succession that the number of people afflicted by hunger increased with catastrophic weather events such as drought and flooding primarily responsible. Undernourishment and severe food insecurity appear to be increasing across almost all regions of Africa, as well as in many parts of South America. In Asia, hunger levels have remained stable.
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